Breaking News - Sun: "Make No Mistake, We Will Open Source Solaris" "Let Java Go" - ESR Writes an Open Letter to Scott McNealy "Letting Java Go" - James Gosling in 2003 on Open-Sourcing Java "Let's Collaborate on Open-Sourcing Java": IBM Writes Open Letter to Sun Sun's Schwartz: IBM's Request "Seems a Little Bonky" No sooner did Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's dynamic president and COO, announce earlier this week the imminent open-sourcing of Solaris - from Shanghai, where Sun was unleashing its next wave of product and pricing innovation at its first-ever Asia-based SunNetwork conference - than another indication has been given of an intent to open up a Sun technology. Java, says the well-respected Java evangelist Raghavan 'Rags' Srinivas, will inevitably follow. The discussion has been running for several months, indeed years.  In February of this year, responding to Scott M... (more)

JSON Serialization with Appcelerator Java Services

The issue of serializing/transforming model objects is not new, heck I’ve been doing this for quite some time: RMI (ejb/corba) XML (jms, soap, etc..) JSON JSON is not the only way to serialize objects for Web 2.0 applications, but it's the most abundant and heavily used throughout the Appclerator framework. Doing this is actually really easy to do with Appcelerator IModelObjects. Our IModelObjects can easily be used along with Hibernate for persistance, but let's leave that for later for now. When you define your Model classes, there are some very simple things to keep in mind:annotate your attributes with @MessageAttr have your class implement IModelObject Here is a simple example: more)

Tennent's Correspondence Principle

Certain elements in the Java and JavaScript communities have been buzzing about Tennent's Correspondence Principle. I have heard it described as the ability to replace an expression with a function, so that expression means the same thing as (function () { return expression; })() There are some things that can't be enclosed that way, such as return statements and break statements, which the advocates of Tennent's Correspondence Principle (or TCP) claim is a symptom of a bad smell. Yow! Language design is already difficult enough without having to cope with olfactory hallucinations. So to better understand the problem, I bought a copy of Tennent's 1981 book, Principles of Programming Languages. It turns out that the Correspondence Principle is descriptive, not prescriptive. He uses it to analyze the (by now forgotten) Pascal programming language, showing a correspond... (more)

Tennent's Correspondence Principle

Certain elements in the Java and JavaScript communities have been buzzing about Tennent's Correspondence Principle. I have heard it described as the ability to replace an expression with a function, so that expression means the same thing as (function () { return expression; })() There are some things that can't be enclosed that way, such as return statements and break statements, which the advocates of Tennent's Correspondence Principle (or TCP) claim is a symptom of a bad smell. Yow! Language design is already difficult enough without having to cope with olfactory hallucinations. So to better understand the problem, I bought a copy of Tennent's 1981 book, Principles of Programming Languages. It turns out that the Correspondence Principle is descriptive, not prescriptive. He uses it to analyze the (by now forgotten) Pascal programming language, showing a correspond... (more)

Sun To Cut 3,000 Jobs, Blames EC

Mergers & Acquisitions on Ulitzer Sun said late Tuesday that it will be forced to cut 3,000 jobs worldwide over the next 12 months because of “the delay in the closing of the acquisition of the company,” laying the blame squarely at the doorstep of the European Commission and its prolonged investigation into whether Oracle should be allowed to acquire the Sun-owned MySQL open source database. It could be playing hardball with the EC, which some think has an interim deadline this week to decide how much longer its investigation is going to take. It could take until we’re deep into January. In an SEC filing Sun said its board had approved the plan “to better align the company’s resources with its strategic business objectives.” Sun expects to incur total charges of $75 - 125 million over the next several quarters, most likely the December and March quarters, in connectio... (more)

Enterprise Mobility, Digital Transformation and Work Spaces

I had the opportunity to spend some time recently with Asure Software's VP/GM of EMEA and APAC, Nigel Clarke, and to discuss how digital transformation is impacting work spaces and the mobile workforce.   In years past I attended facility management conferences and developed mobile apps to help manage facilities, assets, rooms, inspections, materials and supplies.  We were counting and inspecting physical objects.  Today, however, there are digital transformations taking place in this industry. Today, companies less often require employees to work in the physical office (sorry folks at Yahoo!). Often equipment is not associated with a location, but moves to where it is needed at any given time. When people do come into the office there is a need to find a desk, conference room, video or projection equipment and to use additional services to ensure their use of the ... (more)

Sun Announces the Latest in Open Source Tools with the Availability of NetBeans Visual Web Pack and NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. , the creator of Java and Solaris software and the world's leading contributor of open source code, together with the NetBeans(TM) community, today announced the general availability of the NetBeans Visual Web Pack (derived from the award-winning Sun Java(TM) Studio Creator IDE) and the NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack. This announcement reinforces Sun's commitment to open source its software portfolio and to promote developer productivity by packaging toolsets that allow developers to leverage emerging web technologies and more easily build native applications, all in one IDE. "The NetBeans Packs demonstrate our support and commitment to the developer communities to deliver cutting edge technologies," said Jeet Kaul, vice president, developer products and programs, Sun. "The Packs are a gre... (more)

Annual Java Technology Conference Now Open for Registration and Duke's Choice Award Nominations

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. the creator of Java(TM) technology, the Solaris(TM) Operating System and the world's leading contributor of open source code, today announced that registration is open and cosponsor and exhibitor recruitment for the 2007 JavaOne(SM) Conference is underway. Located at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, May 8-11, the JavaOne conference is the definitive venue for the industry to highlight the latest implementations, innovations and success stories in Java technology. For more information on registration please visit: http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/registration.jsp . Companies wishing to exhibit at the 2007 JavaOne conference can get additional information at: http://java.sun.com/javaone . The JavaOne Conference provides attendees with a virtually unparalleled opportunity to learn from t... (more)

Persistent Systems Strengthens Business Advisory Board With Two New Members

SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/02/09 -- Persistent Systems, a leader in software product development services, today announced the appointment of Rahul Merchant and Chris van Ingen to its Advisory Board. Comprised of some of the technology industry's most influential leaders, the Board provides input on business and technology requirements. By inviting the best minds in the industry to contribute to its ongoing strategy and direction, Persistent highlights its commitment to apply technology innovation to product development partnerships and scale the business globally. Merchant and van Ingen join the inaugural board members, Kannankote "Sri" Srikanth, Vince Molinaro, and Ashok Shah. "The mission of Persistent's Advisory Board is to provide counsel and direction on business strategy and services that will help grow our business," said Hari Haran, president of Per... (more)

Amico Announces Online Player Record During Its In-Game Beauty Contest

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/01/10 -- Amico Games Corp. (OTCBB: AMCG), an information technology company specializing in developing and operating mobile phone multiplayer networked games throughout China, is pleased to announce that it reached its highest amount of simultaneous players with 54,336, during its "Beauty Contest in Miracle Journey to the West" event; a 2 month in-game beauty contest which attracted over 100,000 attendants to the final stage of the contest at the Amico Games headquarters on November 26, 2009. The Beauty Contest was held among players of the company's game, "Miracle Journey to the West" from November 11 to December 27, 2009. During the Beauty Contest, there were 321 female players who registered and participated in the contest. During the pre-selection stage 103,617 players provided a total of 2,022,260 votes with 52,523 playe... (more)

WISePay(TM) de WISeKey: el sistema de pagos para personas que no tienen una cuenta bancaria, o tienen difícil acceso a sucursales bancarias, satisface completamente su compromiso filantrópico con la Iniciativa Clinton

GINEBRA, September 28, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- WISeKey y 8 miembros de la Iniciativa Clinton, incluidos el Fondo de desarrollo del GSMA, una beca de la Fundación Bill y Melinda Gates, Western Union, MPower Ventures y Women's World Banking, se comprometieron en el 2008 a llevar los bancos móviles a millones de personas. Como resultado WISeKey ofrece una plataforma informática que permite realizar transacciones monetarias con un teléfono móvil, incluso si el usuario no tiene una cuenta bancaria. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOqb5w56gB4&feature;=player_embedded "De los 5 billones de personas con aparatos móviles, se estima que sólo 1 billón de personas tienen una cuenta bancaria, pero la gente necesita una manera de enviar dinero," dice Carlos Moreira, Director General de WISeKey. WISePay, basado en tecnología WISeKey, permite que las instituciones financieras, operadores... (more)